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Die voortslepende krisis by Kaapstad hawe in die besigste tyd vir die uitvoer van Suid-Afrikaanse tafeldruiwe en sagtevrugte, het verskeie belanghebbendes en bedryfsorganisasies genoop om planne te beraam om vrugte uitgevoer te kry na onder meer markte in Europa. Die Suid-Afrikaanse tafeldruif bedryf (Sati) sê verskeie strategieë word klaar ingestel om te verseker tafeldruiwe kom so na as moontlik aan oorspronklike ooreengekome datums by die markte waarheen dit gestuur moet word, aan. Sommige uitvoerders het onder meer besluit om produkte per pad in vragmotors na Gqeberha te stuur pleks van na Kaapstad juis met die hoop die vrugte bereik hul eindbestemmings vroeër.
As the world's largest developing country and home to many developing nations, China and Africa, driven by a spirit of friendship and cooperation, are joining forces to advance their respective modernization paths, building an increasingly close-knit China-Africa community with a shared future.In the central African country, cassava crops were traditionally peeled by hand, soaked in water, and then dried and ground -- a process taking several days. However, a cassava flour production line introduced from China last year has been established at the center, situated in the suburb of the Congolese capital of Brazzaville, with the capacity to produce 4,000 tons of high-quality flour annually.
Research last year revealed that 36% of people surveyed across six continents and 46 markets say they avoid news “often or sometimes”. One of those areas of news people avoid, according the Reuters report, is climate change. And according to analyses by Nasa and the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, 2023 also had a record high in ocean temperatures and a new low in Antarctic sea ice extent. The high end of the range (different organisations have slightly different numbers), 1.54°C, is above the 1.5°C warming limit countries have agreed to keep to in an attempt to avoid the disastrous impact of global heating. Since 2019, tens of thousands of dead seabirds have been washing up on the west coast of Alaska during summer. They’re not being killed by disease or new predators; they’re starving, as their emaciated breast muscles show. The fish they feed on used to migrate into the Bering Strait at that time of year but are now heading further north, into the rapidly warming and increasingly ice-free Arctic Ocean. A 2020 study showed that the average marine fish species is moving about 50 miles away from the equator every decade — a huge shift, causing massive and largely unknown knock-on effects throughout the entire biosphere.”
SA’s biosecurity struggles pose a serious risk to the agricultural industry and the domestic economy. The near simultaneous outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in cattle, African swine fever in pigs, and avian influenza in poultry in 2022 and 2023, highlighted concerns about the efficacy of the country’s biosecurity measures. The damage to the agriculture industry and domestic economy is severe. Uncontrollable animal disease outbreaks threaten the livelihood of both commercial and small-scale farmers because they result in losses through culling, higher costs for biosecurity measures such as vaccinations, and lower revenue when export markets are closed. This inhibits growth in the agricultural sector and places at risk the jobs of the 500,000 individuals employed through the agriculture industry.
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In 1994 when South Africa became a democracy, white farmers owned 77.580 million hectares of farmland out of the total surface area of 122 million hectares . The new government set a target of redistributing 30% of this within five years . This target date has been moved several times and is now 2030 . READ MORE
Regular service has resumed in Urea markets where sentiment overwhelms fundamentals – prices rose strongly this week following on from the price run started in Egypt last week. None of the benchmark prices have come close to the $375/t FOB achieved in Egypt last week but most locations saw prices run up $20-30/t to hit the $350/t level. Sanctioned product from Russia and Iran remains around $30/t cheaper. READ MORE
Of all the 2024 trends in digital agriculture, the role played by Gen AI, or generative AI, is likely to be one of the most significant. The potential of Gen AI on the global general economy is already being calculated in trillions of dollars. There is a historic opportunity to improve productivity, eliminate waste and inefficiency, and even open new markets. AI may eventually account for 75% of the value of customer operations, marketing and sales, software engineering, and research and development. READ MORE
The current agrifood system has not delivered for Africa. Our research shows that Africa’s food and nutrition insecurity is not, as often assumed, the result of low agricultural productivity, poverty or the hot, harsh climate. Africa has millions of hectares of fertile soil, now threatened by degradation, and made worse by climate change. READ MORE
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This year is turning out to be a record apple crop for the US with a 40% increase expected to reach the biggest harvest of close to 140 million boxes. On the downside, prices are trending lower due to the oversupply while exports have increased too.
Ons span reis weekliks deur sekere dele van die land- op grondvlak is ons teenwoordig- Die oeste op die lande lyk baie goed- en dit het lekker gereen oor groot dele van die land. Die oostelike dele se oeste is verder gevorder op die stadium en het kort kort reen nodig agv die tipe gronde. Die Westelike dele het baie ondervog en kan die mid somer droogte die jaar baie maklik oorleef.
South Africa’s Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana has called on emerging economies to reshape their trade patterns, urging for a ‘delink’ from economic dependence on the West. This comes as BRICS+ nations eye a stronger foothold in the global economy.
Ample corn and soybean supplies weigh on CBOT prices -Maize: High global corn stocks and beneficial rains in Brazil have weighed on CBOT corn prices. This increase in U.S. corn stocks was on the back of the record 2023/34 corn harvest coupled with lower export sales.
The forecast for global flour trade in 2023-24 was revised slightly higher by the International Grains Council (IGC) in its quarterly update on Jan. 11. The Council projects shipments to reach 14.7 million tonnes (wheat equivalent), an increase of 200,000 tonnes from its October forecast.
African criticism of credit ratings is a red herring - findings: Agencies are convenient scapegoats but recent data shows no negative bias towards countries in the region. A debt crisis is ravaging what has been dubbed the “global south”. According to the IMF more than half of all low-income countries in sub Saharan Africa are already in or at high risk of debt distress.
Soybean production in Argentina is forecast to surge by nearly 150% in the 2023-24 marketing year as perfectly timed rains have fallen during planting season, according to a report from the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the US Department of Agriculture.
AELA is trots om sy baanbreker AI Farmer-toepassing by die gesogte Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) aan te kondig. Gekies uit duisende aansoekers, staan AI Farmer uit as ’n baken van innovasie in landboutegnologie.
Fundamentals show scope for higher red meat prices in 2024 -Beef: We expect carcass prices to increase modestly towards Easter weekend after which it could ease somewhat into April. Weaner calf prices are likely to trade sideways over the coming weeks as improved demand sentiments are likely to be offset, at least in part, by increased availability of marketable animals.
Consumer demand modest as the new year kicks off. Cabbage -The cabbage market prices exhibited a declining trend month-on-month, despite a decrease in supply quantities. The decline in price trends may be attributed to lower product quality available in the market for the rest of December as well as decreased consumer demand in early January.
Wine grape producers in the Western Cape are expecting a slightly larger harvest in 2024 after a smaller harvest in 2023. The low temperatures and above average rainfall of the 2023 winter will contribute to good grape quality, better soil profiles and dams at higher capacity, although heavy rainfall also caused some flooding, muddy conditions and high humidity in several areas.
Transnet will be invited to appear before the Standing Committee on Finance, Economic Opportunities and Tourism to provide feedback on the struggles the Port of Cape Town has faced during the table grape and stone fruit export season.
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